From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch' Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:44:33 -0700 Message-ID: References: <831vbcbl7n.fsf@gnu.org><5500EFEE9A854408ABF0FE400497FE2D@us.oracle.com><83tyo7aiay.fsf@gnu.org><83mxtz9zbn.fsf@gnu.org><3ACAED77613643B7B2FC0207DDE11F11@us.oracle.com><83y6djuyah.fsf@gnu.org><38AC360676154EFF8DF9F35945B6EFAE@us.oracle.com><83sk3qv922.fsf@gnu.org> <87lj9infkq.fsf@stupidchicken.com><526FD0D227F74C5EB38D8F5B903749E1@us.oracle.com><18EB402ADCE24992BF75AD91D64983FD@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1278885628 14747 80.91.229.12 (11 Jul 2010 22:00:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:00:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Chong Yidong' , 6591@debbugs.gnu.org, 'Richard Stallman' To: "'Andreas Schwab'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 12 00:00:26 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OY4ZR-0004Aw-Pf for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56022 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OY4ZQ-0006P2-Hk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:00:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55339 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OY4ZG-0006MH-Ei for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:00:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OY4ZF-00064s-4r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:00:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:47863) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OY4ZF-00064l-2H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:00:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OY4La-0007SI-1W; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:46:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:46:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6591 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6591-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6591.127888474128650 (code B ref 6591); Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:46:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6591) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Jul 2010 21:45:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OY4LE-0007S3-UO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:45:41 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OY4LD-0007Rx-Qw for 6591@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:45:40 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by rcsinet10.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.2) with ESMTP id o6BLjaxX029770 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:45:37 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt353.oracle.com (acsmt353.oracle.com [141.146.40.153]) by rcsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.2/Switch-3.4.1) with ESMTP id o6BLVMlB019516; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:45:35 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt012.oracle.com by acsmt355.oracle.com with ESMTP id 416603751278884670; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:44:30 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.175.255.126) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:44:30 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-reply-to: Thread-Index: AcshPxwzLpf/F2IvSWGaopNEaylXfAAAYmyg X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5931 X-Source-IP: acsmt353.oracle.com [141.146.40.153] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090201.4C3A3B80.0013:SCFMA4539814,ss=1,fgs=0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:46:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:38422 Archived-At: > > which `...' means repetition of what it follows. > > Which fits perfectly. Repetition of what it follows. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ What does `...' follow? BODY. Is BODY repeated? No. For Emacs, `...' does not mean repetition of what it follows (per what Eli has said). Instead, it means that what it follows is a &rest parameter. For Emacs, (X BODY...) means the same as (X &rest BODY) and (X . BODY). Which, as I said, is a legitimate, if unwise and unusual, choice. It just needs to be spelled out in the doc. Read the thread. I'm not going to repeat everything that has been said.